March 30, 2026

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Inside the United Kingdom's precision breeding revolution

March 27, 2026

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Poland tightens rules and enforcement of plant varieties and plant material

USDA/APHIS - Bayer CropScience: Determination of Nonregulated Status of MON 95275 Maize (Corn)

March 26, 2026

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UPOV launches PRISMA Plus pilot project to streamline plant variety protection at 7th Electronic Applications Meeting

United Kingdom - The Seeds Gazette: information on variety list applications and existing variety list awards for Great Britain and Northern Ireland Variety Lists and UK Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) applications and existing UK PBR grants

UPOV working group discusses independent expert study on breeder's right and exhaustion

USDA/APHIS deregulates corn engineered for insect resistance

China releases draft guidelines and thresholds for the determination of essentially derived varieties

Ukraine ratifies International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Odessa Journal)

Gene-editing regulation roundup, March 2026 (Morrisson & Foerster)

March 25, 2026

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Rothamsted gene-edited barley crop becomes first to receive a UK Precision Bred Organism marketing notice

Perú aprueba normativa que daría «luz verde» al uso comercial de cultivos editados genéticamente

Perú - Resolución Ministerial N.° D000068-2026-MINAM-DM

March 24, 2026

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Gazette van de Raad voor plantenrassen maart 2026
Gazette of the Board for plant varieties March 2026

Le Japon va renforcer les contrôles à l'exportation de ses variétés de plantes (NHK)

March 23, 2026

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Neue Gentechnik: Deutsche Länder wollen weniger Patente

March 20, 2026

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Japan invites public comments on the revision of the risk assessment guideline of genetically engineered foods foods (seed plants)

United Kingdom - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette,  Special edition March 2026

Study highlights benefits and barriers to GM crop adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinese seed industry cases featured on international plant variety protection platform (China Daily)

Vietnam - Le marché des semences végétales doit être strictement contrôlé (Vietnam.vn)

Italia - Smantellata filiera di sementi contraffatte - Ministro dell’Agricoltura: Grazie a ICQRF e Guardia di Finanza, risultato importante nella difesa della qualità (Agricultura.it)

March 18, 2026

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USDA’s research priorities and NIFA’s role

Bundessortenamt - Blatt für Sortenwesen, März 2026

Gene editing means new IP and regulatory considerations for plant science (St. Louis Magazine)

Argentina - Presidente Milei insiste con una Ley de Semillas que garantice la propiedad intelectual para las inversiones biotecnológicas (Noticias AgroPecuarias)

March 17, 2026

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European Commission approved two genetically engineered crops (1 maize and 1 sugar beet) for food and animal feed for import

La fuga invisible en el sector de las semillas

Argentina - Biotecnología, evaluación sanitaria y propiedad genética: el Gobierno actualiza normas clave para el sector semillero

Remolacha azucarera editada recibe evaluación positiva de la Comisión Europea